Petroleum what would we do without it ?

W.A.L.T ... Understand what could happen if we ran out of petroleum

This week we were writing about what would happen if we ran out of petrol tomorrow . While doing this I enjoyed learning about what could happen in the years to come . Next time I will try to stay on topic .

If the world ran out of petroleum we would not have many resources to live off especially not cars although this may make a big negative impact this could be a good thing.  We could help Sealife and help prevent future wars however we would have limited amounts of transport and plastic would no longer be around

Without plastic we could not do many things. When you watch television, use a computer, ride in a bus, train, or plane, you are using plastics. This is a funny thing because most people think that we don’t need plastic because we only use it for utensils and containers but realistically we use plastic for much more important things. We use plastic in our everyday lives and we don’t even know it . Did you know that there is even plastic in water it is a plastic called PVC and polyethylene, polyethylene is the most common plastic around . PVC is another type of plastic that is transformed into microscopic grains . Without plastic we could die . Plastic is a necessity and even plastic bags are better than anything we would possibly swap it out with. Paper bags are even worse for our environment than plastic because paper lasts longer in a landfill and plastic has a better carbon footprint than any other alternative.  Although plastic travels a long way before it decomposes it can also stay strong for things like cars .

Cars have plastic in them and on them how else would we get around. Did you know that a number of car parts are made using recycled plastics. If your car has plastic on the outside you are less likely to get a noticeable dent or a ding  also because plastic is lighter than most materials car manufacturers use plastic in a lot of their cars and that’s why today’s average light vehicle contains 332 pounds of plastics , that's 150 Kgs that mean that in a car with a full tank of petrol there would be 432 pounds of petrol in that car  alone, can you imagine not having cars around anymore ? we would have to establish a whole new purpose for roads or just eliminate them all together.

Whilst eliminating them we will eliminate harm to all sea life because there would be no toxic oil spills in the ocean and not as much plastic this would mean that we would have twice as much sea animals as we do now this is because we would not be killing the sea life which would give the animals time to reproduce and create more so that sea life doesn't plummet towards extinction as it is now . Did you know that there has been 20 animals extinct in the past 200 years that's a whole species we will never get back .

Throughout this i hope that you have learnt something new about sea life plastic and what could happen if we lost petrol in all of the world . There are some things that could make such a positive impact on us but some that make our whole life change .